Plastic rod and plates made from iglidur® materials

Plastic rods (also known as bar stock) and plastic sheets make it possible to cost-effectively produce components and profiles for motion. Igus® plastic rods are suited for individual product series or prototypes. Plastic plates, hollow and round rods are made of a wide range of different iglidur® high-performance polymers. The properties of each individual material make it a specialist for certain applications, such as an especially low coefficient of friction or high temperatures, food compliant and FDA approved, chemically resistant and high load. With the expert system for plastic rod the service life for plain bearing applications can be calculated online. iglidur® plastic rods and plates are used with great success in mechanical engineering, food and packaging industry as well as in medical laboratories and cleanrooms, to name only a few applications.

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igus® stock material options

Plastic rod - iglidur®

Outer diameter 10 to 100mm

Flexible lengths from 100 to 1,000mm

Excellent coefficients of wear and friction

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Plastic hollow rod - iglidur®

Outer diameter 110 to 150mm

Inner diameter 70 to 100mm

100 to 1000mm lengths in various materials

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Plastic plates - iglidur®

Plate thickness 2 to 40mm

Operation temperatures -100°C to 250°C

FDA compliance where necessary

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Plastic extrusions

For special dimensions in small quantities
Profiles in iglidur® high-performance polymers
Custom extrusions designed from a CAD file.

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Online CNC service

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Tribo-tape iglidur® liner

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Low coefficients of friction
Optional self-adhesive back

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Whether you want cut-to-length material or bespoke custom designed parts, igus® can manufacture your desired product from one of our iglidur® plastic rods or plate

100% maintenance- and lubrication-free
Excellent wear resistance
Online service life calculator for plain bearing applications
Resistant to chemicals
Resistant to dirt, dust and humidity
Flexible lengths for round and hollow bars
No minimum order value or quantity
Ready to ship in 48hrs

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Online calculation of service life

Would you like to know how long your component should last in your application?
Use the service life calculation from our CNC service. Here you can experiment withdifferent materials and see how these affect the service life of your component.

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Selected plastic rod application examples

Machine for the manufacture of technical brushes

Customised solution

This machine for the production of technical brushes contains parts made of iglidur® plastic rod that were designed and milled by the customer themselves.

Mastered dust and fast movements

Plastic rod replacement of wearing part in assembly line

Made of plastic rod: components made of iglidur® reduce maintenance costs

In a tyre soaping station, metal bearings were used up to now, which regularly led to a breakdown of the system. Now, these bearings have been replaced with plastic bearings made of igus® plastic rods. This saves costs of several thousand Euro per year.

No maintenance costs

High number of cycles

Plastic plate plastic rod as bearings with a large contact surface withstand even a very high number of cycles in this application.

Up to 170,000 strokes per day

Melting probe with bearing element made of iglidur® plastic rod

Individual iglidur® component for melting probe

The "IceMole" is a melting probe, with which the polar regions, glaciers and as a long-term objective extraterrestrial regions are to be explored. For storing the ice screw, a component was needed that is water- and dirt-resistant and thermally insulated. Therefore, a bearing is used that was made of iglidur® A180 plastic rod.

Media-resistant bearing for small installation spaces

Microscope arm with bearings made of iglidur® plastic rod

Special bearings for highest precision in ophthalmology

iglidur® plastic rod is used to manufacture a microscope arm for eye examinations. The reason: it can be machined to produce customised plain bearings down to sizes measured in μm to ensure the necessary precision for examinations.

Perfectly fitting plain bearing made of plastic rod

Finger of Vincent hand prosthesis with customised bearings made of iglidur® plastic rod

Durable and wear-resistant plain bearings for finger prosthesis

This prosthesis is an electrically powered finger. The joint at the base of the finger is moved directly via a gear motor, which carries along the middle joint via a flexible connection. All axes involved in this movement are mounted through plastic sockets made of the material iglidur® J. Altogether, eight bearings are integrated in one finger.

Enables delicate movements

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The bar stock you can purchase from us is produced according to DIN EN 15860. The regulation DIN EN 15860 defines the requirements and testing procedures for the most important characteristics (e.g. thickness, width and length of plates, round bar diameter and length, permitted deflections of the bar stock) of bar stock made of thermoplastic polymers for machining.